superchip

[dom 0]

hi there fairly new to the c scene what i am wanting to know is ,is it worth fitting a super chip the guy i got the car off bought one a superchip icon off a mate but never got it fitted as any one had one fitted ? is it worth bothering with.

[vr6storm 0]

you can't chip a 1.8 16v................its mechanical fuel injection so doesn't have a chippable ECU

[flusted 0]

i believe superchips used to do a piggy back thing for the 1.8 16v but cant confirm

[dom 0]

all i know is the blokes mate had it fitted to is 1.8 16 valver :scratch:

[Crasher 3]

What you have missed there is the word "ICON". This was the piggy back unit referred to by Flusted and was a two dimensional intercept unit rather like the K-Star but it didn't control the fuelling. I went down to Superchips where they tried to install one of the prototype versions on a project car we were building so that must be back around 1994. After the unit burnt out for the second time and then fried the coil feed wiring (high idel dwell was the reason) I backed off and popped (literal) round the corner to see Racelogic who were just developing their early V-SAM which was 3D and would allow fuel mapping using a frequency valve.

[dom 0]

so the superchip icon is not worth bothering with then, much better with a racelogic one by the sounds of things

[Crasher 3]

Yes, but the "plug and play" V-Sam 1 units are like rocking horse 5h1t to find. I can still do the harness and Pro fuelling upgrade but the main ECU's are long out of production. If I could get them, I could still sell them!